I need a list of the top 1000 American colleges based upon undergraduate
enrollment and also the total number of students who begin college
each year. If Top 1000 is not available, I'd take perhaps the top 500
although more would be better. I would also be interested in other
proportional information such as "of the approx 4000 American
colleges, 90% of students attend the largest 400 institutions". |
Request for Question Clarification by
omnivorous-ga
on
26 Feb 2004 05:02 PST
GW --
Are you indeed seeking only U.S. colleges (without graduate programs)
or all U.S. colleges AND universities? There are about 2,000 U.S.
colleges and universities; about another 2,200 community colleges.
Best regards,
Omnivorous-GA
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Clarification of Question by
gw20044002-ga
on
26 Feb 2004 08:44 PST
It would be more helpful to me to receive the information in two
buckets. One for colleges and universities and the other for community
colleges. After posting, I saw that ACT reports 1.5mm students start
college each year. I believe that number includes community colleges,
but I'm not sure.
Let me know if you need further clarification. GW
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Request for Question Clarification by
omnivorous-ga
on
26 Feb 2004 09:04 PST
GW --
I don't think that you're going to get the information exactly the way
that you've specified, but the National Center for Education
Statistics (part of the the U.S. Department of Education) has a lot of
statistical data on enrollment.
Go to this page and choose from several dozen tables under "Enrollment":
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d02/list_tables3.asp#c3a_4
Best regards,
Omnivorous-GA
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Clarification of Question by
gw20044002-ga
on
26 Feb 2004 10:34 PST
Thanks Omnivorous. Where did you find the information about the number
of colleges/universities and the number of community colleges?
If anyone else wants to take a stab at it, I'd still like to buy an answer.
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Request for Question Clarification by
omnivorous-ga
on
26 Feb 2004 11:36 PST
GW --
The number of higher education institutions is in the NCES "Digest of
Education Statistics," which is published annually, though data lags a
bit:
http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2002130
My old almanac indicates 2,169 4-year colleges & universities and
1,469 community colleges -- though the number of community colleges
has continued to grow.
Best regards,
Omnivorous-GA
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